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Swarthmore Should Prove It’s Worthy of Tax-Exempt Status

The Editorial Board argues that the college should use its newfound financial flexibility to embrace an expansive vision of social responsibility.

September 18, 2025

Campus Journal·Features

Aflame

September 18, 2025

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A Little Something on Adjusting to College Life

This piece is by Antony Coque regarding his first few weeks of freshman year at Swarthmore College.

September 18, 2025

Features

Hi, First-Years! Here are our rites of passage

Welcome to Swarthmore! We’re happy to have you. Curious to learn more about campus life? Perhaps you’ve found a perfect six-person friend group, or maybe you still feel homesick. Either way, we’ve got you covered. Here’s a list of clubs, activities, places,

September 18, 2025

Features

Word Search: African-American Literature

September 18, 2025

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Philadelphia City Councilmember on Swarthmore Students’ Activism, College Sanctions

On March 6, 2025, Swarthmore College sanctioned fifteen students, including students from and first educated in Philadelphia, for their participation in Palestine solidarity activism that took place between October 2023 and March 2024. Among these sanctions were a semester-long suspension, a year-long

May 1, 2025

Features·News

Soren Miner ’28 on Los Deliveristas Unidos, A Workers Justice Project

Most college students have never heard of the Deliveristas’ Rights movement. Soren Miner ’28 wants that to change. This summer, he will be working with Los Deliveristas Unidos, an organization devoted to advocacy for New York City’s app-based food delivery workers. Miner

April 17, 2025

Features

SGO Statement of Support for Student Rights, Institutional Fairness, and Transparency

Dear Swarthmore College Community, We, the Swarthmore College Student Government Organization (SGO), firmly uphold students’ rights to express their beliefs, engage in peaceful protest, and advocate for institutional change without fear of undue retaliation. We are aware of the recent campus discourse

March 20, 2025

Features·Opinion

Professor Stephen O’Connell: Letter to the Editor

To the Phoenix: To the students and faculty colleagues who have reached out to me in solidarity about USAID (United States Agency for International Development), where I was chief economist in 2014 and 2015: thank you. It is hard to overstate the

February 20, 2025

Features

Interconnection: A Conversation with Professor Hopkins

Although cliché, some professors at Swarthmore make an impression in the way they lecture, while others do so in the way they inherently challenge you to your core, creating mental chasms through your body and mind. But few weave their lived experience

February 13, 2025

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Swarthmore Should Prove It’s Worthy of Tax-Exempt Status

Aflame

A Little Something on Adjusting to College Life

Hi, First-Years! Here are our rites of passage

Word Search: African-American Literature

Philadelphia City Councilmember on Swarthmore Students’ Activism, College Sanctions

Soren Miner ’28 on Los Deliveristas Unidos, A Workers Justice Project

SGO Statement of Support for Student Rights, Institutional Fairness, and Transparency

Professor Stephen O’Connell: Letter to the Editor

Interconnection: A Conversation with Professor Hopkins

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